Ramping up the health infrastructure and facilities, Punjab Government would use as many as 8,346 beds available in hostels of State’s all 10 residential meritorious schools as Covid Care Isolation Centres.
Informing this, the State Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Wednesday said that besides providing all State Government schools for the creation of isolation centres, the Department has also put 10 meritorious schools on the disposal of Deputy Commissioners to use them as Covid Care Isolation Centres.
Singla, who was reviewing the preparedness at Meritorious School Ghabdan (Sangrur), said that as many as 8346 beds are available in hostels of these residential meritorious schools and around 200 classrooms could also be used by the medical staff for various other purposes.
These schools are situated in Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Sangrur and Hoshiarpur districts, said Singla.
Singla, who is also holding charge of PWD Minister, said that the Public Works Department’s officials have also been directed to fully cooperate with the local administration for any improvements required for setup of isolation or quarantine centres.